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  • 5:47 PM

    Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia Espansiva": 4th movement

    Carl Nielsen

    Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies

    Danish National Symphony Orchestra

    Fabio Luisi, conductor

    10:49
  • 5:22 PM

    Symphony on a French Mountain Air

    Vincent d'Indy

    Radio Philharmonic Orchestra of France

    Marek Janowski, conductor

    Catherine Collard, piano

    23:57
  • 5:16 PM

    A Favorite French Air

    Sophia Dussek

    Favourite Airs Arranged for the Harp

    Kyunghee Kim-Sutre, harp

    5:51
  • 5:12 PM

    Three Little Pigs: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf

    Frank Churchill/Ann Ronell

    Lang Lang: The Disney Book

    Lang Lang, piano

    2:03
  • 5:06 PM

    Estudiantina

    Emil Waldteufel

    Music of Waldteufel

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    5:14
  • 5:00 PM

    New Zealand Suite: Milford Sound

    Ron Goodwin

    GOODWIN: Drake 400 Suite / New Zealand Suite

    New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

    Ron Goodwin, conductor

    4:50
  • 4:43 PM

    The Comedians

    Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Charles Groves, conductor

    15:34
  • 4:20 PM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Six Concertos for the Margrave of Brandenburg

    European Brandenburg Ensemble

    Trevor Pinnock, conductor

    Katy Bircher, flute

    20:41
  • 4:17 PM

    Petite Piece

    Claude Debussy

    Belle Epoque: French Music for Winds

    Matthew Hunt, clarinet

    1:29
  • 4:06 PM

    Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral": 5th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Helmut Muller-Bruhl, conductor

    10:40
  • 4:00 PM

    German Dances

    William Brade

    English Brass Music of the 17th Century

    Brass Ensemble

    Ludwig Guttler, trumpet

    4:52
  • 3:47 PM

    Serenade for Strings

    Edward Elgar

    And the Bridge is Love: English Music for Strings

    English Chamber Orchestra

    Julian Lloyd Webber, conductor

    11:32
  • 3:19 PM

    Symphony No. 101 "The Clock"

    Franz Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 93 & 101 "The Clock"

    Chamber Orchestra of Europe

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    26:29
  • 3:14 PM

    The Tic-Toc-Choc (or the mallets)

    Francois Couperin

    Undersong

    Simone Dinnerstein, piano

    2:29
  • 3:06 PM

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: Overture

    George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, Concerti a due cori

    Tafelmusik

    Jeanne Lamon, conductor

    7:42
  • 3:01 PM

    Festival Coronation March for Alexander III

    Peter Tchaikovsky

    Pomp & Pizazz

    Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

    Erich Kunzel, conductor

    4:40
  • 2:54 PM

    Balkan Dance

    Samuel A. Livingston

    AMERICAN SCENES AND OTHER WORKS FOR CONCERT BAND

    Winds of Filharmonie Brno

    Stanislav Vavrinek, conductor

    Emil Drapela, clarinet

    4:04
  • 2:35 PM

    Piano Concerto No. 2

    Franz Liszt

    MacDowell: Piano Concerto No.2/Liszt: Piano Concertos No.1 & No.2

    Dallas Symphony Orchestra

    Andrew Litton, conductor

    Andre Watts, piano

    20:44
  • 2:33 PM

    All the Pretty Little Horses

    Traditional

    Tender Shepherd

    Kim Robertson, harp

    Steve Yaeger, vibraphone

    3:13
  • 2:18 PM

    Slavonic Rhapsody No. 3

    Antonin Dvorak

    Smetana: Ma Vlast, etc.

    Dresden State Orchestra

    Paavo Berglund, conductor

    12:37
  • 2:14 PM

    Mysterious Barricades

    Francois Couperin

    Air on a G String

    David Russell, guitar

    3:06
  • 2:10 PM

    Ruckert Lieder: Liebst du um Schonheit

    Gustav Mahler

    Love Songs

    Arleen Auger, soprano

    Dalton Baldwin, piano

    2:48
  • 2:07 PM

    Ruckert Songs: Liebst du um Schoenheit

    Gustav Mahler

    Vienna Horns

    2:30
  • 2:00 PM

    Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)

    Claude Debussy

    Ravel: Ma Mere L'Oye, Le Tombeau de Couperin

    Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

    Hugh Wolff, conductor

    5:26
  • 1:50 PM

    Corsair: Overture

    Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: La Marseillaise, Etc

    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

    David Zinman, conductor

    8:05
  • 1:46 PM

    Canzon Primi Toni No. 1

    Giovanni Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble: Gabrieli

    National Brass Ensemble

    3:23
  • 1:34 PM

    Four Seasons: Autumn

    Antonio Vivaldi

    For Seasons

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    10:48
  • 1:31 PM

    Ticklin' Toes

    Florence Price

    Dance

    Zurich Chamber Orchestra

    Daniel Hope, violin

    1:58
  • 1:21 PM

    Miniature Concerto

    Robin Milford

    Robin Milford: Fishing by Moonlight

    Guildhall Strings

    9:06
  • 1:17 PM

    Minuet No. 2

    Giacomo Puccini

    R. Strauss, Verdi, Puccini: String Quartets

    Enso String Quartet

    2:37
  • 1:09 PM

    Piano Concerto: Scherzo

    Amy Beach

    Beach, Chaminade, Howell: Piano Concertos

    BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

    Rebecca Miller, conductor

    Danny Driver, piano

    5:34
  • 1:04 PM

    Mock Morris

    Percy Grainger

    Music of Percy Grainger

    Bournemouth Sinfonietta

    Kenneth Montgomery, conductor

    3:33
  • 12:50 PM

    Symphony No. 38 "Prague": Finale

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    W.A. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

    North German Radio Philharmonic

    Andrew Manze, conductor

    8:14
  • 12:45 PM

    Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozartissimo

    Mahler Chamber Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    Rolando Villazon, tenor

    4:11
  • 12:35 PM

    Symphony No. 2: 4th movement

    Robert Schumann

    Robert Schumann Symphonies 1-4

    Berlin Philharmonic

    Simon Rattle, conductor

    8:11
  • 12:30 PM

    Jamaican Rumba

    Arthur Benjamin

    Mutterissimo

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    1:30
  • 12:20 PM

    Oboe Concerto

    Domenico Cimarosa

    Venetian Oboe Concertos

    Philharmonia Orchestra

    Simon Wright, conductor

    John Anderson, oboe

    10:30
  • 12:16 PM

    Hungarian Dance No. 6

    Johannes Brahms

    With Love from Vienna

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    3:44
  • 12:09 PM

    Overture to an unfinished comedy opera

    Camille Saint-Saens

    SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Ascanio: Ballet / Overtures to Stage Works (Malmö Symphony, Märkl)

    Malmo Symphony Orchestra

    Jun Markl, conductor

    5:34
  • 12:04 PM

    Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle

    Jacques Offenbach

    Opera Without Words

    BBC Concert Orchestra

    Barry Wordsworth, conductor

    3:34
  • 11:50 AM

    Fritiof Suite: Prelude

    Elfrida Andree

    Andree: Fritiof Suite - Symphony in A minor

    Stockholm Symphony Orchestra

    Gustaf Sjokvist, conductor

    9:02
  • 11:45 AM

    Wand of Youth: Fairy Pipes

    Edward Elgar

    Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suites I & II; Dream Children; Nursery Suite; Starlight Express

    Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

    Raymond Leppard, conductor

    3:27
  • 11:38 AM

    Czech Suite: Finale

    Antonin Dvorak

    Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 "New World"; Czech Suite

    Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

    Jose Serebrier, conductor

    5:38
  • 11:30 AM

    Symphony No. 5: 4th movement

    Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1

    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

    Edward Gardner, conductor

    6:53
  • 11:27 AM

    Pandora's Music Box

    Claude LeJeune

    Alchemist

    Philip Pickett

    2:53
  • 11:18 AM

    Violin Sonata No. 5 "Spring": 4th movement

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Violin Sonatas

    Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin

    7:30
  • 11:09 AM

    Hansel and Gretel: Overture

    Engelbert Humperdinck

    Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music

    Bamberg Symphony Orchestra

    Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor

    7:29
  • 11:05 AM

    Peter Pan: Tender Shepherd

    Moose Charlap

    Kim Robertson, harp

    et al

    3:00
  • 10:50 AM

    Ruy Blas Overture

    Felix Mendelssohn

    Mendelssohn: Overtures

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Claudio Abbado, conductor

    8:21
  • 10:33 AM

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach: Brandenburg Concertos

    Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

    Antoine Tamestit, viola

    14:50
  • 10:29 AM

    Dawn

    Ola Gjeilo

    Arctic

    Arctic Philharmonic

    Christian Kluxen, conductor

    Eldbjorg Hemsing, violin

    3:15
  • 10:15 AM

    Quartet No. 5

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Six Wind Quartets

    Vienna-Berlin Ensemble

    12:54
  • 10:06 AM

    Vocalise

    Sergei Rachmaninoff

    Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2; Vocalise, op. 34

    Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

    Yuri Temirkanov, conductor

    8:52
  • 10:01 AM

    Prelude

    Gerald Finzi

    Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 6

    Septura

    4:38
  • 9:43 AM

    Karelia Suite

    Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Tone Poems & Incidental Music

    Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

    Yoel Levi, conductor

    15:42
  • 9:28 AM

    Symphony

    Luigi Boccherini

    Boccherini: Symphonies op. 21, Nos. 1-5

    German Chamber Academy

    Johannes Goritzki, conductor

    13:28
  • 9:17 AM

    Two Nocturnal Impressions

    Manuel Ponce

    Musica Mexicana

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

    Enrique Batiz, conductor

    8:35
  • 9:06 AM

    Recorder Concerto

    Antonio Vivaldi

    Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder

    Cologne Camerata

    Michael Schneider, recorder

    10:35
  • 9:01 AM

    Angela's Ashes: Angela's Prayer

    John Williams

    Angela's Ashes (Music From The Motion Picture)

    Studio Orchestra

    John Williams, conductor

    4:47
  • 8:46 AM

    Violin Sonata

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin

    Alina Ibragimova, violin

    11:56
  • 8:26 AM

    Serenade No. 1

    Robert Fuchs

    Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 and 2

    Cologne Chamber Orchestra

    Christian Ludwig, conductor

    19:39
  • 8:13 AM

    Symphony No. 8

    William Herschel

    Herschel: Symphonies

    London Mozart Players

    Matthias Bamert, conductor

    11:42
  • 8:01 AM

    Introduction and Variations

    Elias Parish-Alvars

    Carnaval de Venise

    Catrin Finch, harp

    11:06
  • 7:25 AM

    Symphony No. 4

    Florence Price

    Florence Price: Symphony No. 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony

    Philadelphia Orchestra

    Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor

    33:44
  • 7:20 AM

    Valse tendre (Tender Waltz)

    Cecile Chaminade

    Chaminade: Piano Music 2

    Peter Jacobs, piano

    3:47
  • 7:01 AM

    The Night Callings

    Heino Eller

    Heino Eller: Symphonic Poems

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra

    Olari Elts, conductor

    17:36
  • 6:42 AM

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3

    Ottorino Respighi

    Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, La Boutique Fantasque

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields

    Neville Marriner, conductor

    16:38
  • 6:27 AM

    Prelude and Fugue "St Anne"

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    20th Century Bach / Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Boston Symphony Orchestra

    Seiji Ozawa, conductor

    14:44
  • 6:01 AM

    String Quartet No. 4

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets

    Alban Berg Quartet

    23:11
  • 5:37 AM

    Moses: Ballet Music

    Gioacchino Rossini

    Rossini: Ballet Music

    Monte Carlo National Opera Orchestra

    Antonio de Almeida, conductor

    21:16
  • 5:17 AM

    Oboe Concerto

    Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: Concertos

    London Symphony Orchestra

    Bryden Thomson, conductor

    David Theodore, oboe

    20:06
  • 5:09 AM

    Nocturne No. 18

    Frederic Chopin

    Chopin

    Maria Joao Pires, piano

    6:19
  • 5:01 AM

    Long Road

    Eriks Esenvalds

    Concert Recording

    Voces8

    Barnaby Smith, conductor

    6:26